Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-04-07
AZ EDITORIAL JAUSY.
u, Visit, Eureka s,soci ana Roberts sshocl,
Hears Fis, Deba.os, Gees Pretty Woms,
aad Clever ZION.


We went out in COMPANY with Mr.. =
+. Wiltshire, aud II, hi, home took
dinner, after which we rode on some
/ two miles 10 the school. A good
crowd had already preceded Us, both
ladic, aud gentlemen. At the proper
time thc society wa, called To order by
Mr.. Jno. X. Taylor, who, assisted
by Walter kinncbrcw and Reuben
, Thornton, constituted the judges.
the subject To be debated being,
EVA, the Execution of Clmrlc, |
, Ju,tiiiablc.' Nests. Wiltshire,
Coleman. !. T.. Lowe AMI Cornelius
TAYLOR took the Affirmative aud
Mc,>rS. Il. j. Millsap>, W. T..
Barnes, W. !. johnson aud Miss Eu-
Ia Millsaps took the negative side OF
the question. The debate OH either
hand was quite Interesting and holly
contc. ted, an, ~ evenly did the clo-
qrcncr ana arguments balance that
tac Judge were not positive and .aid
81 seemed that the negative side had
gained. Mis- Mill,ap,' argument
/ va. by We'll written aud splcndidly
read paper.
/ When the debate was finished, Miss
Lou Bigg, read a most excellent or
isiral ESSAY, on ''Inilucncc, which
was marked for il, grammatical con-
struction and beauty Of thought.
Eureka school l. in Il ilourishins
condition, having an average attend
anrr OF about seventy scholars. II j.
ably conducted 10y Miss Lou BigGs,
assisted hy Miss Eula Mill,ap>. and wc
Ielrn Ia" patrons axe well pleased
with them. \ new building Wa, re-
Gently put zap, th" location i very
pretty and the patron, seem To take an
interest, therefore there j. no reason
: WHY IL should not hc Il grand ,uccc,S.
Beside, those who participated in the
/ debate, there were many others pres
cnt, aud without attending ilattcry,
b W. must ~ay we never saw better
looking youn. ladies, and We certain
| ~ never met more cOngcnial set of
gentlemen. The school term will
close Oh Friday, April 10Th, and on
! that day and evening an excellent pro-
gram will Lee given. At 10 o'clock
7 the Debating Soricty will hold the
B boards. the question To Ice discussed
/ being, Does the pulpit afford II
better field for rlogucncc than the
barr After that question i, dis
posed OF. dinner will be spread and
every body can Imagine what that
7 will Lee In that lanl az ''bacL hone
aud spare rib" We are afraid 10
SAY much about the dinner, for there
are good many candidates and il
would bc mourniul sight TO see all
of them tackling chicken pie and the
trimmings nj one time. At night the
school exhibition will he givcn, and,
judging from the efficiency Of the
worthy teachers, it is .afc to predict u
rare treat i in store. Tor all.
After the exercises were over we
went To the home OF Hon. I. j. Mill
ssps and took supper. The time
We spent there was short, but was
made quite pleasant by the kindly
welcome We received, and the excel
lent music furnished by the Young
ladies. After supper we pressed
Honorable T. j. into service and pro-
cccdcd to the
RoBERrs SCuooL House.,
where was TO bc another debate. We
got in rather late and failed to get the
NAMES Of nil the dcbatcrS, but can call
To mind McSSrS. 10. Sumrall, Elisha
Roberts, Tilman, Siugletcrry and
Little; besides others who took part
in the morning debate. The question
was, "Ought Maj. Andre to have
been executed After Il spirited
debate, in which every inch of ground
was iicrccly contested, the judge de-
cidcd that Andre was properly cXecu-
ted. There were some fifteen or
twenty ladies present, whose charms
OF person and beauty OF face made the
occasion doubly interesting. We
were much pleased with our kind re-
ccption, but it's no use TO speak
about this for those people don't know
know to be any other way but clever.
We are certainly going back there
again, provided they can stand us.
After being 80 highly entertained, we
went over aud spent the night with
Mr.. Wiltshire, slept soundly and
swcetly. (fguratively) arose, not cx-
actly with the lark, however, par
took of an excellent breakfast, repair
ell In Damascus church, heard line
sermon, returned home, kissed the
baby, and have been congratulating
ourseli ever since for. going out, and
sympthiziug with the people for in
viting us to return.
llA,LEIIuIsr, Mar. eth, 1887.